Soil Quality for Crop Production and Ecosystem Health - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0444816615 ISBN 13 : 9780444816610

Editeur : Elsevier Science Ltd, 1997

Synopsis

Soil is a complex body that exists as many types, each with diverse properties that may vary widely across time and space as a function of many factors. This complexity makes the evaluation of soil quality much more challenging than that of water or air quality. Evaluation of soil quality now considers environmental implications as well as economic productivity, seeking to be more holistic in its approach.

Thus, soil quality research draws from a wide range of disciplines, blending the approaches of biologists, physicists, chemists, ecologists, economists and agronomists, among others.

This book presents a broad perspective of soil quality that includes these various perspectives and gives a strong theoretical basis for the assessment of soil quality.

A short glossary provides definitions for terms used throughout the book.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Soil is a complex body that exists as many types, each with diverse properties that may vary widely across time and space as a function of many factors. This complexity makes the evaluation of soil quality much more challenging than that of water or air quality. Evaluation of soil quality now considers environmental implications as well as economic productivity, seeking to be more holistic in its approach.
Thus, soil quality research draws from a wide range of disciplines, blending the approaches of biologists, physicists, chemists, ecologists, economists and agronomists, among others.
This book presents a broad perspective of soil quality that includes these various perspectives and gives a strong theoretical basis for the assessment of soil quality.
A short glossary provides definitions for terms used throughout the book.

Revue de presse

D. L. Rimmer
...In my view this comprehensive, generally thoughtful and well-presented book does achieve its aim of providing an up-to-date synthesis of research on soil quality. It will be a valuable source of information for the next 5-10 years as this important aspect of soil science develops.

European Journal of Soil Science

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Elsevier Science Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0444816615
• ISBN 13: 9780444816610
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 447
• Éditeur: Gregorich E.G., Carter M.R.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Barbara Criscuolo; b.criscuolo@lswr.it; ; Via Spadolini, 7; Milano; 20141; Italie